The problem was lack of access to land and not having access to farming and business classes.The educational program response was overwhelming this year with increased class size and and we split the track into business track and a track focused on farming practices.The participants/target audience - Immigrant farmers that are newly arrived and farm teams that have been participating in the program since 2011. The farmers farm on multiple sites including the seventeen plots that are each 1/10 of...
I was a classroom teacher for 27 years and recently retired from public education in July 2022. Currently, I am realizing that one never really stops working; their jobs and roles within those j... More
Wayne County 4-H began a strong working relationship with our local National Guard unit in 2011. This partnership has brought programming to an underserved audience in our community. Monthly packets h... Read More
Being prepared for emergencies, whether medical or natural disasters, is crucial. Over 1,800 Kentucky residents die each year due to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and over a hundred people died in th... Read More
The Kentucky State University Forestry and Natural Resources program designed and implemented a invasive plant management demonstration project at Capital View Park, Frankfort, KY. This project was de... Read More
Do we make an impact when we have educational activities like field days? First consider that impact can be defined as “to have an effect on, or to influence” (Merriam-Webster 2012). While we can defi... Read More